Play day...

We had play day with Buzz Lightyear and Little Miss O today. Since we won't have too many more of these, I decided to take a few pictures. Little Miss was home "sick" today so she was excited about the company - after forcing her to rest for a while this morning. And when they were needing little break from all the playing, we sat down to watch TV. Note: they all on one couch, at one end of it... such good friends;-)

Not even a teenager yet...

But already has the phone thing happening! Loved that call to Grandma yesterday;-)

Dinner conversations...

Always a source of interesting conversation with the kids: the dinner table.

Tonight Little Miss told me about Santa's "good list" and "bad list". If you're on the "bad list" you get no presents. If you're on the "good list" you get whatever you asked for:-) But not sure how you get from the "bad list" to the "good list" if you've been bad...

Then Mr Happy was looking in concern at the floor next to his chair...
Mummy: Did you drop some food?
Mr Happy: No... it jumped!
Amazing jumping rice we have here!

Christmas train...

A new addition to the Christmas decorating this year has been the train under the tree. Needless to say, Mr Happy loves it! Unfortunately I didn't realise it would play loud music each time it was turned on. Not such a good thing early in the morning... But still a nice addition to Christmas;-)

Trying to get a photo...

of Mr Happy can be so hard lately! He's such a clown! He likes to run at the camera at the last minute.... or move out of the shot suddenly... or pull the hat over his eyes!!

Nativity toy...

Hidden away with the Christmas decorations, was this Little People treasure. The kids love having a Christmas toy that they can play with - unlike the Christmas Tree which they are itching to play with but have been warned off! Interestingly, it has sparked interest in all the other Little People toys too.

Christmas is coming...

We caused great excitement here yesterday by putting up the Christmas Tree. Now I know it's kind of early, but with the busy weekends coming up we decided this was the day to do it. Besides the kids are only this age once so they might as well enjoy it to the max!

Love my iPhone...

Did I mention lately how much I love my iPhone? Well, I just downloaded an application that allows me to sit here in the park, keep an eye on Mr Happy who is making me pretend coffee, and blog at the same time.


Crafty Mummy

I'm in a fishbowl...

Or a least that what it feels like today! We have painters here to repaint our deck and a few other spots. They arrived bright and early at 6:45am - thank goodness I had been warned! So they've got rid of mould on the ceiling area, sanded back everything, and started the painting. It's been a great excuse to turn on the aircon and stay in our cool haven all day;-)

The Men...

More photos from the family get together, this time The Men. Some of my shots were a bit blurry, so I'm hoping someone got a better shot than this one...

Birthday party...

Yesterday we had a family birthday party in the Big Smoke for Cousin D. We cherish the chance to get together with the family and catch up. The kids have grown up so quickly and we don't see them often enough. So it was great to have lunch and see everyone. Unfortunately I didn't manage to get a shot of everyone, but I'll post some more tomorrow.

Sometimes I just don't get it...

In this case I don't get why Mr Happy is eating his snack facing backwards in the chair... He turns around, takes another piece of apple, then turns to face backwards again - as if this is perfectly normal! I just don't get it...

Gardening update...

We have our first tiny flower from our flower seeds. Kids are excited! The blurry picture on the the right is the chillies - they're tiny too.

Playing...

Mr Happy and I have a had a wonderfully social week this week. We've had friends to play on two days, been to Craft and played with other kids on another day, and Playgroup on another day. Today we've shopped and done errands, before some cleaning here at home. Here's Mr Happy and Small Boy yesterday playing trains and cars. All fun!

Reading...

Sorry to the family - been a bit slack about updating the blog in the last week or so. Not because of any great disturbance here, just not much to say!

Anyway, here's a shot from the weekend...
Reading is a popular pastime here at CraftyHQ. We always have stories at bedtime for the kids, on this occasion on the couch in the living room, but usually in the bedrooms. Little Miss has progressed to enjoying chapter books, so we sometimes have an ongoing story for a week or more. And, of course, CraftyMummy and Daddy have regular spending at Fishpond - an online bookstore. Hopefully we're setting lots of good examples and habits for the kids - as well as enjoying our reading!

A note on the photography: There are not many pictures of me with the kids, because usually I am behind the camera. But Daddy knows this and so decided to grab the camera the other night. (Love that man;-) Unfortunately he might need some more practice - out of 5 shots, these were the best...

Up, up, up into the sky...

Mr Happy and Little Miss O built this tower today on top of the toy castle. And as they built, they sang - so sweet! I'm guessing maybe the song had been on Playschool earlier as they were both so ready to sing it. They have been cute all day, playing happily together most of the time and sharing really well - not always easy for 3 year olds!